The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-14


selling by the car load in the large
cities for 20cts.and retailing at rs cts.
a pound. We publish valuable ar
ticle this week in the Farm Depart
ment entitled Some Reasons for
EatingHoney," which all should read
If in want of fianels, kerseys scar
let or Cancels hair underwear, boots
or fine shoes do not fail to see the
new arrivals at E. R. Butfington's.
Prof. J. P. Carey is billed for an
illustrated lecture in the Hall to NOR
row night. Doors open at Z o'clock.
Bible scenes will compose the first
part of the lecture or exhibition, fol-
lowed by comic pictures and ventril-
oquism, with another transition from
gay to grave or tragic-ten nights in
in bar room, the awful picture Of
the drunk ards home.
Glad Tiding's Day and Harvest
Home services will be held at the
NJ. f. Church next Sunday afternoon
$50 P. NJ. A special programme has
been provided for the occasion. Sing
ing by the Sunday School. The
church will be decorated with flowers
and evergreens, &c. All are kindly
invited to attend.
Guns cunning coats. game bags,
shells, powder and shot at Haines &
Kinks. o7.8t
J. Harigan and wife an aged and
helpless, but worthy couple of this
town, received q visit from company
of their nighbors and friends who
took with them 500 pounds of -four,
so pounds of sugar, large packages
of coffee and tea, ton of coal and
many other articles of household
economy, which gladdened the hearts
and moistened the eyes of the aged
pair.
A large mastiff (bull dog kept by
man in Drumore, Lancaster Co.,
commenced operations on his son the
other day and was about to chew him
up. He says he will kill the dog as
the animal is dangerous. We should
say he was When men keep s.ch
animals it is we'll for them to com
mcnce operations in their own family.
Our report would have been "the dog
is dead" and not going to be killed.
One of our contemporaries remarks
that it is estimated that SO 900 have
been taken out of our people by con.
fidence men and gamblers at the Fair.
We believe that this will scarcely
cover one half the amount. Al
though this was one of the grandest
in everything which goes to make up
the beau ideal of an agricultural fair,
it at the same time was one of the
most disgraceful ever held on Cecil
soil
A large part of the queensware at
E. Il. Buffington's has been removed
to wareroom to allow more space for
the increasing stock of dry goods
and notions.
Who don't some of our anglers
60 fishing to Octoraro Junction.?
Those Chester County fellows are
down there every week, according to
the Press, and just whop out the
longest strings of bass; great big
fish too, measuring a foot to eight
cen inches. Cut pole, dig some
worms and start down on the SIG
train one of these bright mornings
and snake OUT few of those big
black bass and let us report your as
tonishing luck.
The West Nottingham Friends
First.day School held their annual re.
union on last First day afternoon.
Representative from Little Britain,
East and West Nottingham Pa, and
Eastland schools were present, Re.
ports read from the different schools
showing marked increase in the at.
tendance at First.day schools for the
preceding year. The occasion was
varied and enlivened by recitations,
select reading, etc. A dull day pre-.
vented as large attendance as other
wise would have been present.
Jno. |. Carter, whom many of our
readers are familiar with rs one of
the leading dairymen whose creamery
is located at Chatham Pa and his
son were severely injured by the
bursting of separator ON Thursday
evening, 9th inst. They were both
knocked senseless, and farmer who
was Looking on received q severe
wound in the leg from a piece of the
flying metal. The machine was run,
ming at the rate of 1000 revolutions
a minute, which proved to be too fast
for the strength of the metal, and we
should think much faster than neces.
sary.
Lord Bulwar makes Cardinal Rich.
ellen say, "There is no such word as
n